Written answers

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the spend by his Department on external IT consultancies and contractors; if he will list any firm...
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for Pillar 2 expenditure for the period 2014-2020; the total funding provided for this period; the funding provided for new...
    • Agriculture Schemes Administration
      96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the rules as laid down by the European Commission on the leasing of entitlements will operate here, in particular in cases...
    • Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
      97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he no longer plans to sell the harvesting rights of Coillte forests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6345/14]
    • Ministerial Newsletters
      98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to issue the next ministerial newsletters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6343/14]
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider providing funding for a short extension to the pier at Courtown, County Wexford, which continues to...
    • Severe Weather Events Response
      101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide any assistance to lobster and crab fishermen in County Wexford who lost their equipment or found it...
    • Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme Eligibility
      102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the terms and conditions of the new green low-carbon agri-environment scheme will be available; when the scheme will be open to...
    • Land Parcel Identification System
      103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have had a review carried out on their eligible hectares in the past year; the number who have had their...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
      104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department was consulted in relation to the changes in the means testing of eligibility for the farm assist scheme in budget...
    • Industrial Disputes
      105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of talks regarding industrial action by agricultural officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6230/14]
    • Farm Inspections
      106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish an independent review of the on-farm inspection regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6229/14]
    • Fish Landings
      107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume of fish stocks that have been caught in Irish territorial waters by Irish-registered fishing boats and...
    • Beef Industry Issues
      108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with beef processors to push for a fair price for beef farmers in view of the current bull beef crisis; and...
    • Forestry Sector
      109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will explain the connection between Coillte and the Irish Forestry Unit Trust; and the steps he has taken to examine the trust...
    • Public Trusts
      110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new terms and conditions which have been imposed on Castlerea Town Trust to ensure a more open and transparent operation of the...
    • Food Labelling
      111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy, efficacy, accuracy and authenticity of food labelling, with...
    • Aquaculture Licences Application Numbers
      112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fish farming licences that have been applied for; and the number of fish farming licences that have been issued in...
    • Aquaculture Development
      113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the potential of the aquaculture industry here; the actions his Department is taking to promote the development of aquaculture...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been reached on the proposal to introduce paid parking at Howth Harbour, Howth, Dublin 13. [6195/14]
    • Animal Welfare
      116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extra resources he has targeted to deal with the increasing levels of animal cruelty and abandonment; and if he will ensure that...
    • Agrifood Sector Issues
      117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine having regard to the recently compiled document entitled Farm Income Review 2013, submitted by the Irish Farmers Association, the...
    • Coillte Teoranta Governance
      118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is a sufficient degree of transparency and accountability in the policies, management and operation of...
    • Afforestation Programme
      119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific measures he proposes to increase the level of afforestation here in view of the failure in recent years to meet...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Parliamentary Procedures
      120. To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had in relation to the appointment of a new Clerk of Dáil Éireann; if a procedure has been agreed to process the appointment; the reason...
    • Dáil Reform
      121. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for Dáil reform; the number of meetings regarding Dáil reform that have taken place since 2011, and the reports produced; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      122. To ask the Taoiseach if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his aegis since May 2011; the value and...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      123. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown on the amount spent on each of TV, radio,...
    • Departmental Social Media Monitoring
      124. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Official Engagements
      125. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in Northern Ireland since he took office;...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a...
    • Departmental Social Media Monitoring
      128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department;...
    • Passport Services
      129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has requested a report on whether it is possible for the Passport Office to alert persons by e-mail or text alert...
    • Official Engagements
      130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date on the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, with particular reference to the...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 4 February 2014, the reason the four criteria carried equal weighting when...
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Taxation Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance notwithstanding the decision not to make allocations from the local government fund at a municipal district level, if for the purposes of transparency and to...
    • Tax Exemptions
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the principles of the cycle to work scheme to other activity areas, for example, gym membership, to promote healthier...
    • Credit Review Office Appeals
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the Credit Review Office has given an opinion to the banks; the number of times its opinion differed from a bank; the number of times a...
    • Government Bonds
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans by the National Treasury Management Agency to issue Sharia-compliant Sukuk, also known as Islamic bonds; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Stock Exchange Issues
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in place to encourage Islamic finance here; the number of such funds that are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mortagage Arrears Resolution Process
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the assistance available to home owners who are under threat of repossession from banking institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6207/14]
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wexford in respect of the Revenue Commissioners' CG diesel rebate scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Reliefs Cost
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income tax forgone by the State in each year 2010 to 2013 in respect of charitable donations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mortgage Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland will provide a reason for the methodology used for acquiring data produced in published residential mortgage arrears and...
    • Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has considered amending the code of conduct on mortgage arrears to address those borrowers where the lenders, through the...
    • Pension Provisions
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the definition of the €12,700 guaranteed income required in situations where life assurance policies are capitalised and where the...
    • Tax Credits
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason changes in tax credit and tax cut-off rates have been made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if expenditure on maintenance and improvement of a property can be taken into account when determining the amount of capital gains tax due; and if he will...
    • Property Taxation Assessments
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if the liability for local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be reviewed taking into account that they do not own...
    • Tax Code
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is being deducted the correct amount of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6370/14]
    • Tax Credits
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the incapacitated child tax credit to be granted to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 in view of the fact that the updated...
    • Pensions Levy Issues
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will abolish the pension levy on pension scheme assets. [6419/14]
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount paid by the Revenue Commissioners in each year from 2010-2014 as reward for information received from whisteblowers or other information...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his aegis since May 2011; the...
    • VAT Rebates
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider providing opportunities for the coach travel sector to reclaim VAT on fuel on the purchase of second-hand coaches and parts and tyres...
    • Property Taxation Data
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of home owners who have paid the 2014 property tax in full; and the number that have agreed payment arrangements with the Revenue Commissioners....
    • Credit Availability
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the lending targets that apply to AIB and Bank of Ireland for 2014; the way the banks performed in respect of the 2013 targets; and if he will make a...
    • Excise Duties Yield
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of excise returns by category and by month from January 2012 to January 2014. [6552/14]
    • Tobacco Seizures
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the number of cigarette and tobacco seizures in each month since January 2013; the amount of cigarettes and tobacco seized in...
    • Tax Credits
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a proposed amendment in place to the single person child carer credit to allow the secondary claimant parent, who cares for the child less often...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown on the amount spent on each of...
    • Departmental Social Media Monitoring
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Insurance Industry
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of Permanent TSB customers who topped up their mortgages with Permanent TSB were issued second home...
    • VAT Rate Application
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding VAT in respect of dog grooming (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6610/14]
    • Mortgage Schemes
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if EBS customers will be eligible for participation in the scheme announced by AIB which includes an element of debt write-off for mortgage customers eligible...
    • State Claims Agency
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of money spent by the State Claims Agency on legal fees in 2012 and in 2013; if he will provide, in tabular form, the firms paid in each...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the action a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 can take regarding their savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6666/14]
    • Fuel Laundering
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to address the laundering of fuel; the total capacity of laundering plants seized in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; the potential loss to...
    • Pensions Legislation
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason pension retirement bonds are not allowed by the Revenue Commissioners to qualify for the approved retirement fund; if such bonds resulted from a...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 4 February 2014, if he will provide an answer to the question raised, as his answer on that occasion does not...
    • Universal Social Charge Exemptions
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Offaly had to pay universal social charge on a forestry grant which was paid directly to the company that...
    • Property Taxation Application
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason it is possible for the Revenue Commissioners to deduct local property tax liabilities from jobseeker's payments as with other welfare payments....
    • Mortgage Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total provisions taken by AIB, EBS, Bank of Ireland, Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and Permanent TSB in respect of...
    • Official Engagements
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in Northern Ireland since he...
    • Tax Credits
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of the single person child carer credit, if a secondary claimant who meets all the qualifying criteria may be entitled to the credit in...
    • EU-IMF Programme of Support
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 28 January 2014, from where the requirement for mandatory proportional early repayments to the EFSF, EFSM, United...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sanction a carbon tax relief for farm contractors. [6950/14]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Contract
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding his report on his Department's investigation into any profits made by Bus Éireann from school transport, if he realises that the...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a reply regarding school transport in respect of their child who has visual...
    • School Staffing
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider making a concession for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo, based on the information provided; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include narcolepsy as a category of disability which would warrant additional teaching hours under his Department's policy in this...
    • Schools Guidance Counsellors
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department liaises with each school to ensure it has developed a school guidance plan in order to meet the needs of students. [6253/14]
    • Education Welfare Service Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms used by the National Educational Welfare Board and the National Educational Psychological Service to provide support to guidance...
    • Personal Insolvency Act
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned that the omission of third level education fees as part of standard living expenses in a personal insolvency arrangement by...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allow periods spent on a JobBridge scheme to be included in the list of eligible payments to qualify for the special rate of...
    • State Examinations Issues
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has twice been refused a reader to enable them to participate in the Junior Certificate...
    • Departmental Programmes
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding programmes that are available from his Department to assist projects involving youth diversion and rehabilitation; and to whom should...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) in County Waterford that has recently had severe water damage and had to be...
    • School Accommodation
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the progress of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if the schedule of accommodation has been issued to it; the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the new school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be re-investigated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • European Court of Human Rights Rulings
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the implications of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the case of a person (details supplied) if he will review...
    • Educational Reform
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the meetings of the three subgroups of the working group on junior cycle reform; the number of times that each subgroup has...
    • School Accommodation
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an additional accommodation application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and when a decision...
    • Autism Support Services
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the National Council for Special Education is undertaking new research in relation to advising him on the preparation of a policy...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his aegis since...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of the special rate of Student Universal Support Ireland grant; and if he will...
    • Educational Reform
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings that he participated in with the Teachers' Union of Ireland and the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland with regard...
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6534/14]
    • Student Grant Scheme Representations
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeals process is available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who has been denied late application by the Student Universal...
    • School Accommodation
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in determination of application to add a third stream to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare in order to...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown on the amount...
    • Departmental Social Media Monitoring
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place from his Department for apprentices here; the rationale behind the flat fee for apprentices attending institutes of...
    • Child Abuse Issues
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school suspension in respect of a child (details supplied). [6626/14]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are formal proposals to amalgamate schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if his attention has been drawn to such changes; the impact...
    • School Textbooks Rental Scheme
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school book rental scheme funding will not be allocated to schools that have worked hard to provide this provision independently; if...
    • School Accommodation
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the extremely poor condition of the accommodation facilities of two national schools (details supplied) in...
    • School Curriculum
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the introduction of education seminars in secondary schools and third level institutions in order to raise awareness of the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the way the new build is progressing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an additional accommodation application on behalf of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision is...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 30 January 2014 regarding the construction of a new school (details supplied), if he can give an...
    • School Accommodation
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of prefabs replaced in County Carlow schools, primary and post-primary; and the total amount of money spent on replacing these...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the tender for the construction of the new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Galway will be advertised; and if he...
    • Official Engagements
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in Northern...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 4 February 2014, what determines when a school is full to capacity and what provisions are being put...
    • An Curaclam Scoile
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil tús curtha leis an obair ar mhúineadh na n-ábhar neamhtheanga go páirteach trí mheán na Gaeilge ag an...
    • Teagasc na Gaeilge
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills i gcomhthéacs na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030, cad iad na bearta atá glactha chun athstruchtúrú agus...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that it is planned to recruit at secondary school level in 2014; the number of these in the disciplines of science,...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Monuments
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that the Croppies Acre monument to the insurgents of 1798 is cleaned and opened to the public by being...
    • Pensions Legislation
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the terms of pension-related deduction which were introduced as part of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any study has been undertaken into the extent to which arable farmland has become flooded on an annual basis over the past ten years;...
    • Drainage Schemes Expenditure
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if compensation was ever paid by the Office of Public Works for farm land that was flooded under the arterial drainage schemes; if this...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has assessed the impact of commercial rate charges on sporting organisations' grounds; the measures he proposes to address the...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Funding
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make emergency funding available for coastal protection works in the vicinity of Callinafercy Pier, Milltown, County Kerry,...
    • Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are circumstances where it is permitted for a public servant on an incremental salary scale to move up the scale by more than...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a flood alleviation project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown on the...
    • Departmental Social Media Monitoring
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he will...
    • Pensions Legislation
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received a proposal from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources seeking his concurrence with a...
    • Garda Stations Refurbishment
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 529 of 4 February 2014, the measures and particular refurbishment works that will be undertaken by...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Shannon Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study report; when the report will be...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding measures to prevent flooding from the River Wad in Donnycarney, Dublin 5 (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department and the Office of Public Works will publish the detailed flood hazard and flood maps in order to comply with the EU...
    • Official Engagements
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in...
    • Garda Stations Closures
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the stage of an application in respect of a group (details supplied) to acquire the recently closed Ardagh Garda...
    • Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will, as part of the terms of the Haddington Road agreement, resolve the difference in salaries scales in the Civil Service that...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Agreements
      258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the free trade agreement between Ireland and Canada; what it entails; if he will clarify a situation regarding...
    • Business Regulation
      259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are any plans to make ticket touting illegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6292/14]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      260. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider supporting a small and medium enterprise (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his...
    • Company Closures
      262. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a factory (details supplied) in County Wicklow closed; the background to the closure; the action taken to prevent same; if the...
    • Job Creation Data
      263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of State supported jobs assisted by IDA Ireland that have been created by county from 2000 to 2013, inclusive, showing the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      264. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown on the...
    • Departmental Social Media Monitoring
      265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he...
    • EU Regulations
      266. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 316 and 317 of 21 January 2014 and in view of material published by the EU Commission impact...
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal
      271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the waiting times on a county basis for hearings to be held at the Employment Appeals Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Industrial Development
      272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland site visits to County Carlow in the past three years; and his views on whether it is satisfactory to meet...
    • Employment Rights Issues
      273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will intervene in the dispute at a supermarket (details supplied) in County Limerick so the workers may secure all pay and...
    • Official Engagements
      274. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of all the official engagements attended by him or the Ministers of State in the Department that have taken...
    • Job Creation Data
      275. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the numbers of jobs created in north Kerry in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6829/14]
    • Unified Patent Court
      276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 270 and 295 of 4 February 2014, if he will set out the names, membership numbers and the...
  • Department of Social Protection
    • Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
      277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a funding scheme is available specifically for persons affected by recent flooding who have not been able to get house insurance since previous...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) can be expedited urgently; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact Ballytruckle post office in Waterford city was closed recently due to flooding; the options open to...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a decision on an application for disability allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when the recent refusal of carer's allowance will be reversed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
      285. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any mechanism whereby those using Phoenix Project Ireland could be funded either directly or indirectly to increase the number of people...
    • Carer's Allowance Application Numbers
      287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are in receipt of carer's allowance that are not immediate family members; her plans to have those in receipt of the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6307/14]
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of rent supplement cases that have transitioned into the housing assistance payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
      292. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any policy benefit to the practice of maintaining the tenant and landlord rent negotiations at a maximum of 92% of the market value in...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a...
    • Family Income Supplement Expenditure
      294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total fund for family income supplement in 2012, 2013 and 2014; if €260 million in extra funding has been provided for 2014; and if she...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      295. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person sells their permanent residence and is on jobseeker's allowance can they continue to receive their payment while temporarily living in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is not being allowed go on the live register despite numerous requests to do so. [6403/14]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      299. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W was refused jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6414/14]
    • Pensions Legislation
      300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce legislative changes in order to emphasise employer responsibility for pension schemes and for funding future pension...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
      301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a review currently taking place of State non-contributory pension applicants who have capital; if there is an age limit on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
      303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exception will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 in relation to an exceptional needs payment to cover expenses in...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by her Department and agencies under her aegis since May...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6471/14]
    • International Agreements
      307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of requests and observations the International Labour Organisation has addressed to her regarding compliance with social and labour...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an illness benefit file in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be forwarded to the Appeals Office in view of the fact...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      311. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an invalidity pension appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Eligibility
      313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlement to invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently on disability allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      315. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent on advertising by her Department and each agency under her aegis in 2013; if she will provide a breakdown on the amount spent...
    • Departmental Social Media Monitoring
      316. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available for social welfare tenants where landlords will not accept rent allowance and are on council waiting lists; and if she will...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 22 January 2014, if additional exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue from the Social Welfare Appeals Board regarding the appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan...
    • Pensions Legislation
      321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the previous provision with regard to a right of pensioner representation in pensions legislation; when this was removed; and if she will make a...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the decision to remove the telephone allowance from persons in receipt of the State pension; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Official Engagements
      324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of all official engagements by her or the Ministers of State in her Department that have taken place in Northern Ireland...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      325. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how far recipients of jobseeker's allowance have to be willing to travel to attend courses under the job placement programmes in order to retain...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility
      326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [6895/14]
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      327. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure her Department follows regarding the habitual residence condition, in a situation where a family member has to return home from abroad...
  • Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his...
    • Special Areas of Conservation Designation
      329. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the areas of special conservation are being reviewed; if he will investigate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Protection Areas Appeals
      330. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will set out the list of all lands, including land owner or user removed from the Falcaragh to Meenlaragh special area of...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      332. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown on...
    • Departmental Social Media Monitoring
      333. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he...
    • Heritage Management Scheme Applications
      334. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available to mark an anniversary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6721/14]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Expenditure
      335. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of the current and capital allocation in the 2014 budget for national parks; and the amount allocated...
    • National Monuments
      338. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a request by Granard Town Council to match the 50% part-funding supplied by the council to purchase the...
    • Official Engagements
      339. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in...
    • Waterways Ireland Expenditure
      340. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of expenditure incurred to date in relation to the feasibility study and any other studies undertaken in respect of the...
    • Cruthú Fostaíochta
      341. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuair sé féin nó an tAire Stáit sa Roinn cuireadh chuig an fhógairt postanna i gCorr na Móna, Co....
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Wind Energy Generation
      342. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the average wind speed for the proposed development site of wind turbines in the midlands regions; and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      343. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 15 January 2014, if he will provide an update on same; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Prices
      344. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the average cost of domestic electricity bills and the average cost of domestic gas bills for each year from 2007 to...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      345. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of Europe's wind energy potential Ireland possesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6297/14]
    • Renewable Energy Exports
      346. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the memorandum of understanding signed between his Department and the British Government regarding the export of...
    • Electricity Generation
      347. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is any legal requirement for companies supplying energy to Irish consumers to source a percentage of their...
    • Broadband Services Provision
      348. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made to make broadband available in Sallybrook, Glanmire, County Cork; the timeframe before...
    • Broadband Services Speeds
      349. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the legislation that has been introduced to set a minimum standard for broadband speed access; and if he will make a...
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      350. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to this Deputy's various recent questions and in view of the recent positive reports from Inland Fisheries...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      351. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      352. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if draft net fishing licences are reallocated if a licence holder passes away; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      353. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a...
    • Departmental Social Media Monitoring
      354. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department;...
    • Pension Provisions
      355. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received a proposal from An Post on the amendment of the company's superannuation scheme; and if so, if he has...
    • Postcode Implementation
      356. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the context of the introduction of postcodes, if he has received a proposal from an Irish company to introduce post...
    • Social Media Regulation
      357. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the statement by Facebook that Neknomination material is not in breach of its rules; his planned actions in...
    • Departmental Strategy Statements
      358. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the national bioenergy strategy will be published; the steps both his and other relevant Departments are currently...
    • Official Engagements
      359. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Minister of State in his Department that have taken...
    • Proposed Legislation
      360. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of consultation he has undertaken with stakeholders in relation to the new legislative proposals governing...
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Broadband Services Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department can assist with the roll-out of fibre optic broadband to rural areas, as envisaged by the ESB...
    • Control of Dogs
      362. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify whether section 9 of the Control of Dogs Act 1986 outlaws a person from tying up their dog outside a...
    • Coastal Erosion
      363. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding reclaiming land that is washed away by coastal erosion. [6445/14]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      364. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in detail what the figure of €635 million in the public capital programme for water and sewerage...
    • Leader Programmes Funding
      365. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will be announcing the next round of Leader funding for 2014-2020; the total amount available; and if co-funding...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a county breakdown of collection rates for commercial rates in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he...
    • Water Charges Introduction
      367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the situation for persons on a private group water scheme in respect of water rates; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Commercial Rates Issues
      368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has raised the issue of sporting organisations paying commercial rates to local authorities on their grounds with...
    • Building Regulations Application
      369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations, SI 9 of 2014, if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Departmental Offices
      370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering any changes to local motor taxation offices based at local authority offices around the country...
    • Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
      371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in advance of the establishment of the housing assistance payment scheme, his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Irish Water Funding
      373. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the projected costs for the establishment of Irish Water; if he will use the borrowing provisions of the Water Services...
    • Local Authority Funding
      375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 6 November 2013, if it is his intention to reduce the proposed retention of...
    • Property Taxation Administration
      376. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the local property tax will be set by local authorities; if it will be a function of the manager to propose a rate...
    • Waste Disposal
      377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reinstate and put in place a waiver scheme for the elderly and disabled to assist them with their refuse...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      378. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Kilcummin sewerage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria
      379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Air Pollution
      380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problems at the factory (details supplield) in Tallaght regarding the emission of...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the number of antisocial behaviour officers currently employed in counties and cities here; the cost to...
    • Waste Disposal
      383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on plans to put in place a regulator for the waste collection sector; the reason for the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      384. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies...
    • Emergency Accommodation Provision
      386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent for each of the past five years on emergency accommodation for persons with housing needs. [6510/14]
    • Waste Management Issues
      387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts he is making to recover the landfill levies of €4,627,565 due to the Environment Fund account that were...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      388. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current situation with respect to the Arklow sewerage scheme; if the funding is still in place; the person now...
    • Irish Water Expenditure
      389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the names of the 18 contractors awarded €13.3 million of contracts by Irish Water; and...
    • Water Services Provision
      390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the public funds that have been earmarked for the installation of household water meters. [6542/14]
    • Regeneration Projects Funding
      393. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to assist in the regeneration of a housing estate (details supplied) in Darndale and other...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      394. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps that are being taken and will be taken to assist persons living in a home that is subject to a shared ownership...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Funding
      397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current allocation for the local authority mortgage-to-rent scheme; and when the scheme will be rolled out on a...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      398. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a...
    • Departmental Social Media Policy
      399. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department;...
    • Water Meters Installation
      400. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the water meters being installed by Irish Water operate using automatic meter reading technology...
    • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
      401. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the county and city librarian posts, which were vacant on 1 January 2011; the positions which have...
    • Water Charges Administration
      402. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total and county breakdown of unpaid non-domestic water charges due to each local...
    • Tree Remediation
      403. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to develop a policy for local authorities on tree height restrictions, particularly in view of the recent...
    • Chimney Sweeps Regulation
      404. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for legislation to regulate the business of chimney sweeps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6720/14]
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
      405. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Dormant Account Fund; the way community organisations can apply for funding through same; and...
    • Official Engagements
      407. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken...
    • Departmental Programmes
      408. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is intended to seek tenders for the delivery of the successor programme to the LCDP; if tenderers will be asked to...
    • Water Charges Exemptions
      409. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be a waiver system or allowances put in place when the water charge is introduced for residents who have...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      410. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the precise details on all capital funding received by Westmeath County Council in the context of...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Recruitment
      411. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who was eligible and deemed suitable for the Garda recruitment process before the embargo was imposed may now reapply even though...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      412. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a resolution has been achieved regarding the temporary moving of the courts in Mullingar to Columb Barracks while the renovation of the...
    • Garda Operations
      413. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a report on the success of Operation Kerbside over the past three years in combatting the problem of prostitution in an area...
    • Legal Aid Service Expenditure
      415. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of money spent on civil legal aid in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a...
    • Compensation Awards
      418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 28 January 2014 if he will provide a more specific answer as the individual concerned has been...
    • Garda Deployment
      419. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations in the Dundalk and north Louth area. [6262/14]
    • Garda Expenditure
      427. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current budget for An Garda Síochána in the Dundalk and north Louth area. [6270/14]
    • Crime Data
      432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current Garda arrest rate in respect of burglaries in the Dundalk and north Louth area. [6275/14]
    • Direct Provision System
      435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the recommendations by both national and international commentators on reviewing the direct provision system; if he has...
    • Youth Services Funding
      436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding programmes that are available from his Department to assist projects involved in youth diversion and rehabilitation; and to whom...
    • Child Abduction
      437. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a case of abduction of a child (details supplied); if he considers that the State has a responsibility to...
    • Garda Vetting Legislation
      438. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 will be fully enacted. [6437/14]
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      439. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources he has allocated to the Garda vetting bureau; the average waiting times at present for vetting applications; and his plans to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      441. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a family (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their citizenship confirmed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6447/14]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      442. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his aegis since...
    • Sexual Offences
      443. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the compensation of victims in lieu of prison sentencing for sexual offences; his views on when it is appropriate to remove a person...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues
      444. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the changes he propose to introduce to the legislation establishing the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to publish a new Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill in view of the fact that the current Bill has been on Committee Stage...
    • Asylum Applications
      447. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determination of an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he...
    • Garda Transport Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans that were allocated to the Garda R and J districts in 2013; the number of marked...
    • Garda Operations
      449. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized by An Garda Síochána in each Garda district in the Dublin region in 2013; the number of these vehicles...
    • Legislative Measures
      451. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is his intention to introduce into law the crime of not coming to the assistance of a person in danger, provided that such assistance would...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1086 of 18 September 2013, if there have been any prosecutions of persons appearing in court charged with...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      453. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount of spend on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown on the amount...
    • Departmental Social Media Policy
      454. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Transport Expenditure
      455. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details, since 2007, of the number of collisions involving Garda vehicles, where the cause was attributed to another vehicle...
    • Departmental Properties
      456. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a property (details supplied) in County Kildare; his plans regarding same; if there has been any private interest in the...
    • Direct Provision System
      457. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 12 February 2013, if he will provide details in tabular form of the number of persons currently...
    • Legislative Measures
      458. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a Bill which will consider changes in firearms licensing which may have an impact on gun clubs and their members; if he...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      459. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way a person may seek a change from a six-day licence for a public house to a seven-day licence and if any changes to legislation in this...
    • Residency Permits
      460. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of representations under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 in the case of a person (details supplied)...
    • Garda Oversight
      461. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has read the Frontline Defenders report Breakdown in Trust published in 2010; if he has read the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on...
    • Migrant Integration Policy
      462. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the document Migration Nation is outdated; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a national integration plan does...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      463. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the implications, legally, financially and insurance-wise, for the directors of a management company set up to manage the common areas of a...
    • Charities Regulation
      466. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he will take to assist charities who are losing funding over the next two years from the discontinuing of the charitable lotteries...
    • Taxi Licences Renewals
      470. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in the Dublin Garda carriage office working on the processing of taxi licences and licence renewals, respectively; and the...
    • Official Engagements
      471. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in Northern...
    • Courts Service
      472. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the court poor box; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6889/14]
    • Garda Recruitment
      474. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in terms of the recruitment of new members to An Garda Síochána, if provisions are in place to ensure that any intake will include a...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      475. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his aegis since May 2011; the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      476. To ask the Minister for Defence the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown of the amount spent on each of...
    • Departmental Social Media Policy
      477. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      478. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding a property (details supplied) in County Kildare; his plans regarding same; if there has been any private interest in the purchase of...
    • Official Engagements
      479. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in Northern Ireland since he...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fish Farming
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on the application for a fish farm licence by Bord Iascaigh Mhara for a fish farm in Galway Bay; and if...
    • Forestry Sector
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the issue of allegations of weight-to-volume conversion fraud at Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Beef Industry Issues
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the price of beef, which in some instances has dropped to as low as €3.20 a kilo at the factory gate; his views...
    • Farm Inspections
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure fairness and transparency in the on-farm inspection regime; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes Payments
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo can expect to have their farm payments application processed; and if he will make a...
    • Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo may expect to receive their sheep headage scheme payment; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect to have their disadvantaged area payment for 2013 processed; the reasons...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Galway was notified of an over-claim assessed against them; if details of such an...
    • Equine Identification Scheme
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 17 December 2013, under what statutory authority are equine breeders being asked to pay...
    • Credit Availability
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the credit options or State supports available to a farmer wishing to invest but unable to access funding through the banks. [6316/14]
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when arrears will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Town Trusts
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has reconciled the financial situation between the Castlerea Town Trust and the other non-Department trust in the town of...
    • Food Industry Development
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he foresees smart technology improving the efficiency of the agrifood sector while protecting the sustainability of the...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the ceiling for off-farm income to an applicant for young farmers entitlements who is under 40 years of age and...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a continuing delay in processing the 2012 disadvantaged areas scheme application in respect of persons (details...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the penalties imposed on farmers as a result of parcels of land being excluded from single farm payments for...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his...
    • Live Exports
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken to open up and secure the potential of the live export market for Irish cattle to the UK; if, together with...
    • Beef Industry Issues
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken to help safeguard livestock farmers against a collapse in bull beef prices by 30 cent to 50 cent per...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will negotiate with the EU Commission on behalf of farmers to ensure that thousands of Irish farmers are not unfairly burdened...
    • Beef Imports
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he ask the EU Commission if, during the past five years, it has undertaken laboratory tests on Brazilian beef and US beef imports...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital projects he intends to progress in 2014 at fishery harbour centres; the amounts allocated to the projects; and if he will...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois in respect of 2013;...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average waiting times for applicants for felling licences; his plans to reduce this time; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Forestry Grants
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase the rate of forestry road grant aid to €45 and to 25 m per hectare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown of...
    • Departmental Social Media Policy
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is engaged in the practice of culling badgers; his future plans for control of the badger population; and if he...
    • Aquaculture Development
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the damage to aquaculture operations during the recent stormy weather; the number of fish which escaped as reported...
    • Aquaculture Licences Application Numbers
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the current and any outstanding applications for temporary aquaculture licences, together with their...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all unauthorised aquaculture operations of which he is aware; the method of inspections on which he...
    • Aquaculture Development
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 660 and 661 of 15 January 2014 if he is satisfied that his Department is fully compliant with...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal against penalties on a single farm payment for 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Animal Welfare Expenditure
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total money allocated to each local authority, in tabular form, for the control of stray horses, in the past three years. [6773/14]
    • Fish Farming
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way it is proposed to treat any outbreak of amoebic gill disease at the fish farm project proposed by Bord Iascaigh Mhara in...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under REP scheme 4; the reason there appears to be disagreement between the...
    • Official Engagements
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in...
    • Commonage Division
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Property Registration Authority has identified mapping issues within his...
    • Beef Genomics Scheme
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the precise costs involved for individual farmers in terms of genotype testing for suckler farmers who wish to partake in the beef...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals, if any, he has to reverse his decision to incorporate the sheep grassland scheme payments into the single farm payment...
    • Animal Welfare
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which animal welfare regulations continue to apply to non-thoroughbred sporting and non-sporting horses; the extent to...
    • Beef Industry Issues
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor variations in the prices paid to beef farmers here compared with those...
    • Food Labelling
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of food traceability with particular reference to the authenticity of...
    • Exports Growth
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets have become available for Irish dairy, beef and lamb; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Beef Exports
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the beef suckler herd remains adequate to meet the demands of future markets; if any particular needs have arisen...
    • Fishing Industry Development
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the needs of the fishing industry with particular reference to traditional...
    • Common Fisheries Policy Reform
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which conservation measures already adopted in the context of the Common Fisheries Policy or otherwise continue to...
    • Food and Agriculture Organisation
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he and his EU colleagues expect the EU food-producing sectors to contribute to world food production in the...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers due rural environment protection scheme 4 and agri-environment options scheme 3 payments who have been paid to...
    • Commonage Division
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will set up a commonage working group; if he will appoint an independent chairman to this group; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who applied for and were not accepted on the agri-environment options scheme in 2013 will be a priority group for...
    • Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of land deemed ineligible for single farm payments in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6882/14]
    • Single Payment Scheme Administration
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the monetary amount of penalties imposed each year on farmers since the single farm payment was introduced; and if he will make a...
    • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Application Numbers
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants under the disadvantaged areas scheme 2013; the number paid to date; the number remaining to be paid, broken...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Application Numbers
      543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applicants who have applied under each measure of the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme to date; and if...
    • Fisheries Offences
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the interpretation of bye law 533 of the 1966 Fisheries Act as it relates to snorkelling for shellfish when snorkelling is permitted;...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Garda Vetting
      545. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plan to address the conflict which has arisen between legislation and regulation with respect to Garda vetting for students on early...
    • Youth Services Funding
      546. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding programmes that are available from her Department to assist projects involved in youth diversion and rehabilitation; and to...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be made available to each specific project under the design stage of the ABC programme; and if she will...
    • Children in Care
      548. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the language supports available to migrant children in care with poor standards of English; and the supports available to their foster...
    • Child Care Services Inspections
      549. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the adequacy of inspections and the standard of childcare provided throughout the State; if follow up inspections...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      550. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not received the higher capitation grant for the early childhood care and...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by her Department and agencies under her aegis...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      552. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount spent on advertising by her Department and each agency under her aegis in 2013; if she will provide a breakdown of the...
    • Departmental Social Media Policy
      553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to her Department; and if she will...
    • Adoption Records Provision
      554. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding adoptions; if she will consider bringing forward legislation to deal with this...
    • Early Child Care Education Issues
      555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she intends to take regarding the significant number of unconfirmed higher capitation applications under the ECCE scheme where...
    • Psychological Services
      556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is concerned at the high number of child psychologist positions that are vacant in our health care system; and if she has raised...
    • Child Care Services Provision
      557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the area-based childhood programme; and her plans to further expand this successful initiative. [6664/14]
    • Education Welfare Service Provision
      558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address the issue of truancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2278/14]
    • Community Care Provision
      559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding plans for the Health Service Executive to establish a child well-being centre at the former Ráth na nÓg...
    • Youth Services Funding
      560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the guidelines in place regarding remuneration levels in youth organisations funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Official Engagements
      561. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of all official engagements by her or the Ministers of State in her Department that have taken place in...
    • Réamhscoileanna Gaeilge
      562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs an féidir léi gné den Ghaeilge a ionchorprú in oiliúint oideachais agus oiliúint cúramóirí...
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the protocols put in place for the new child and family agency in dealing with service providers such as child and...
  • Department of Health
    • Alcohol Pricing
      565. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the pricing of alcohol (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6293/14]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions under which incontinence products are being made available to those on disability allowance; the reason prior to 2013, when full-time care was...
    • Patient Statistics
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the figure for all double transplant patients here over the past ten years; the number of these patients that have received medical cards; and if he will make...
    • Health Services Issues
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been given the medical treatment they were promised [6176/14]
    • EU Directives
      569. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects full compliance with Directive 2011/24/EU of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients' rights in cross-border health care, which was due to...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the drug MabCampath available to MS patients under the long-term illness scheme and the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Staffing
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the 84 positions filled by the Health Service Executive under JobBridge in 2013. [6186/14]
    • Medical Card Administration
      572. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to delays in the issuing of medical cards to persons awarded them and to delays in the issuing of refusal letters and renewal...
    • Home Care Packages
      573. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package can be put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6213/14]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an orthodontic appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [6217/14]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      575. To ask the Minister for Health if he will call on the Health Service Executive to reverse its decision on financial grounds not to approve Eculizumab, which is required by approximately 75...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      576. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will receive a hospital appointment. [6232/14]
    • Magdalen Laundries
      577. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that Judge Quirke was explicit in recommending that health care should apply to each of the women who were admitted to and worked in a...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a county breakdown of the number of children currently on waiting lists for speech and language therapies; the numbers waiting six months or...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the monetary value of a contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for a particular piece of work; the daily rate paid for this work; the amount spent to...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      580. To ask the Minister for Health if cohabiting couples are assessed in the same manner as married couples when a person in a cohabiting relationship makes a medical card application; if both...
    • Youth Services Provision
      581. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the funding programmes that are available from his Department to assist projects involved in youth diversion and rehabilitation; and to whom...
    • Medical Card Applications
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if, after awarding a medical card for a young child (details supplied) suffering from acute quadriplegic cerebral palsy until 2015, he expected a major change...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      583. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the supports available to patients suffering from narcolepsy; if he will update the long-term illness scheme and ensure the inclusion of...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      584. To ask the Minister for Health If he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6371/14]
    • Medical Card Applications
      585. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6372/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      586. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the current provision of ambulance and pre-emergency care in Cashel, County Tipperary; if this service has been reduced in the past 12 months or if...
    • Substance Abuse Prevention Education
      587. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Neknomination. [6378/14]
    • Public Health Policy
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of the healthy Ireland council; the number of positions available; if he will provide a full job description of the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a full medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6385/14]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the additional resources that are being made available for children and young adults with autism in County Kerry in the 2014 Health Service...
    • Nursing Home Services
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has considered a proposal to make an existing 50-bed nursing facility available for use by a charitable organisation (details...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      593. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive speech and language therapy; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment (1 comment)
      594. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to replace the spinal surgeon at Tallaght hospital given the pervious surgeon has ceased practising; if provisions are being made to facilitate...
    • Medical Card Administration
      595. To ask the Minister for Health when a change of doctor issue will be rectified on medical cards in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm for the months, November 2013, December 2013 and January 2014, the number of persons that were left waiting on trolleys for more than12...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      597. To ask the Minister for Health when an electric bed will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6440/14]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his aegis since May 2011; the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      599. To ask the Minister for Health if and when required speech therapy will commence in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Investigations
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the Chief Medical Officer, who is currently preparing an initial report on the maternity unit at Portlaoise Hospital, will have included in...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6466/14]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the reason ambulance transport was denied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will provide an explanation regarding the...
    • Patient Transfers
      603. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be urgently admitted to Beaumount Hospital from Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Accident and Emergency Services Provision
      604. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to install a messaging system in each accident and emergency department that displays the current waiting time; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the total spent on advertising by his Department and each agency under his aegis in 2013; if he will provide a breakdown of the amount spent on each of TV,...
    • Departmental Social Media Policy
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      607. To ask the Minister for Health further Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 18 December 2013, if he will furnish a follow up reply to the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Care Packages
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if a home health package will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6614/14]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the waiting list in Beaumont Hospital regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Trusts
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish an independent review of the UL Hospital Group tasked with evaluating if a model three hospital is required in the network; and if he will...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the level of ambulance cover available for the east Cork area on a 24-hour basis; his views on whether this level of cover is adequate; the average response...
    • Health Services Provision
      612. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 10 December 2013, when he expects the Health Service Executive to supply information requested; and if he will...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate reports received by this Deputy that three relatives of the chief ambulance officer of the national ambulance service have recently been...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card renewal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason the applicant has not received any...
    • Hospital Procedures
      616. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of operations and-or procedures that were cancelled or postponed in each public hospital in 2013; and if he...
    • Blind Welfare Allowance Eligibility
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a blind welfare allowance has ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      619. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for an eye examination and-or optical appliance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
    • HSE Staff Responsibilities
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive personnel assigned to dealing with media queries in respect of matters relating to HSE functions in County Laois and the...
    • Maternity Services
      621. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department is expected to complete the audit of hospitals on the way in which perinatal mortality statistics are being provided to the national...
    • Health Services Provision
      622. To ask the Minister for Health position regarding the application for a residential place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sexual Offences
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's attitude to the Drogheda review and requests for transcripts by complaining attendees; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointment Status
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if same will be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Access
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the quality and level of support including therapeutic services available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the primary care centres announced in 2012. [6774/14]
    • Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      634. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the wait time for elderly persons in Beaumont Hospital has lessened since his last visit to the hospital; if additional facilities should...
    • Environmental Policy
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the health implications arising from Professor Jacqueline McGlade's report for the European Environment Agency in terms of assessing the...
    • Autism Support Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for early intervention services in respect of children under the age of six who have been diagnosed with autism; if his attention has...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Administration
      639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the situation of a family (details supplied). [6786/14]
    • Dietician Service
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for the provision of dietician services by the Health Service Executive; if these vary across the State; and if he will make a...
    • Prescription Charges
      641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to increase the prescription charge for persons on the State pension who are holders of medical cards; and if he will make a...
    • Official Engagements
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in Northern Ireland since he...
    • Health Services Provision
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of vital services for a child (details supplied) in County Kerry, who has suffered a serious deterioration in personal...
    • Hospital Consultants Contract Issues
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any special arrangements that exist in relation to the employment of consultants in St. Vincent's hospital, outside the terms of...
    • Cochlear Implants
      645. To ask the Minister for Health if the €3.22 million set aside in the Health Service Executive's service plan for a bilateral simultaneous and sequential cochlear implant programme has...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding braces in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6844/14]
    • HSE Investigations
      647. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the RTE "Prime Time Investigates" programme on Portlaoise Hospital if similar reviews into baby deaths have been performed in other maternity...
    • Open Disclosures Policy
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that have implemented the Health Service Executive open disclosure policy; the timeline for its roll-out out across all maternity units and...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      649. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive have the legal right to refuse a medical card patient (details supplied) in County Galway two weeks free recuperative care...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the mental health services available on the northside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6902/14]
    • Medical Negligence Cases
      652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate a full and detailed report into all the circumstances surrounding the appointment and employment of a doctor (details supplied) who worked...
    • Speech and Language Therapy
      653. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder two and a half years ago...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider chronic obstructive pulmonary disease qualifying for the long term illness card; and to outline its exclusion to date as it is treatable...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the private hospitals which have received patients transferred from public lists; the costs paid to each hospital for...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • State Bodies Issues
      656. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff that were employed by the Railway Procurement Agency in each year from 2010 to date in 2014; the staff grades; the...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      657. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the local improvement scheme grant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      658. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will name each company awarded a contract for the provision of professional services by his Department and agencies under his aegis...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      659. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the condition of a public road (details supplied) in County Clare following the recent storms; and if...
    • Public Transport Provision
      660. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the public bus transport service to and from Kentstown County Meath. [6488/14]
    • Public Transport Issues
      661. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason second level students, upon reaching the age of 18 but remaining in full time secondary education, no longer qualify for...
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      663. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering introducing any additional incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles, for example freedom from tolls on...
    • Traffic Management
      664. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been consulted in the past 12 months on the introduction of a congestion charge for Dublin city centre. [6550/14]
    • Taxi Regulations
      665. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason behind the different licensing procedures for limousines registered before and after 1 January 1980; and if he will make a...
    • Penalty Points System
      669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the full section 53 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 will be commenced; and the steps that need to be taken to facilitate the...
    • Departmental Social Media Policy
      671. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department currently engages in real-time reporting of online conversations on issues relating to his Department; and if he will...
    • Roads Maintenance
      673. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated to the National Roads Authority this year in respect of necessary upgrading of the east-west route from...
    • Driver Licences
      674. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a decision has been made on an application for the reinstatement of a trailer licence category BE in respect of a person (details...
    • Taxi Licences Renewals
      675. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will have their inactive small public service vehicle licence made void in view of the fact...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the renewal of driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dublin Bus Services
      677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is possible to amend the route of bus No. 66 to pass through Green Lane, Leixlip in the morning to collect school-going children on...
    • Air Services Provision
      679. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a flight route from Dublin to Kerry Airport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Official Engagements
      680. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all official engagements by him or the Ministers of State in his Department that have taken place in...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an application by Westmeath County Council to extend the pathway along the banks of the Royal Canal from Mullingar to...
    • Roads Maintenance Issues
      682. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the community involvement scheme introduced in 2013; the uptake of the scheme; and if a similar investment project...

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